The Loyalists – Revolution, Exile, Settlement

In 1783 and 1784, some fifty thousand Americans felt that they could not support the revolution against Britain.  They were called Loyalists – and there would be no place for them in the new United States.

As they streamed into the Canadian colonies to the north, they changed forever the face of settlement there.  Their arrival would eventually lead to the formation of the provinces of New Brunswick and Ontario.